Models of experimental pain: opportunities and challenges

11 Oct 2012 - 11 Oct 2012 - London, UK

The NC3Rs, the British Pharmacological Society and the Physiological Society are hosting a joint symposium in central London on 11 October 2012 to discuss opportunities for developing new and better models of experimental pain, with reduced reliance on animal models.

ProgrammeThe meeting will be chaired by Professor Stephen McMahon, King's College London, and confirmed speakers include:

Professor Andrew Rice, Imperial College London Neuropathic pain: Refinement and enhancing the clinical relevance of rodent in vivo modelsDr Nick Andrews, Harvard Medical School From reflex to voluntary assays: can we improved clinical translation of analgesics?Dr David Borsook, Harvard Medical School Imaging across analgesic drug development: A missing link?Professor Paul Flecknell, Newcastle University Pain or nociception what do our animals model?Dr Emily Sena, University of Edinburgh Systematic review and meta-analysis to improve animal models of pain.Dr Nathalie Percie du Sert, NC3Rs The ARRIVE guidelinesDr Lynne Sneddon, University of Liverpool Exploring the use of fish as models of nociception Dr Sean Sweeney, University of York Using Drosophila nociceptive responses to model sensory neuropathyDr Kathryn Chapman, NC3Rs Using CRACK IT to generate new models of experimental painDr Mohammed Nassar, University of Sheffield Derivation of conditionally immortalised mouse DRG cell linesDr James Bisland, Pfizer Neusentis Functional characterisation of human pluripotent stem cell derived sensory neurones